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Definition cannonball

Etymology 1

cannon +‎ ball from being a round ball that is fired from a cannon.

Noun

cannonball (plural cannonballs)

1. (military, artillery)
   1. A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon
   2. An explosive-filled hollow iron sphere fused through a hole and intended to explode at a calculated distance rather than explode on impact.

Etymology 2

From behaving like a cannonball fired from a cannon

Noun

cannonball (plural cannonballs)

1. (diving) The act of running and jumping in a flexed position into a swimming pool to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.
2. (slang, figuratively) Something that moves fast.
3. (tennis) A served ball that travels with great speed and describes little or no arc in flight.

Verb

cannonball (third-person singular simple present cannonballs, present participle cannonballing, simple past and past participle cannonballed)

1. To jump/dive into water doing a cannonball landing.
2. To careen; to move rapidly

Interjection

cannonball!

1. Yelled when jumping/diving into the water, doing a cannonball landing.

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